The Ethics of Honest Design Most have heard the term minimalist design. Its roots reach back to a German school founded in the early 1900s by Walter Gropius called the Bauhaus. Both modern architecture and industrial design sprung from this movement. The great Bauhaus breakthrough was treating modern materials and fabrication techniques honestly. Instead of hiding joints for example the Bauhaus…
Since the first motorcycles, riders have searched for the holy grail in touring comfort. Riding a bare bike is fun but fighting rain, bugs and vehicle wake…not so much. Adding a shield generates its own problems such as buffeting, noise, heat and back-drafts. Often these problems are severe and the rider ends up trying different shields and deflectors in the…
The project started when I manufactured a clear fairing. It was deep formed and like aircraft canopies was not scratch resistant. I wanted the ease of an aerosol, with cleaning agents to power through bugs and road film without soap and water while leaving a tough protective finish. Aerosols for detailing already existed and, for the most part, were pretty…